O’Connor: I’m still so proud

THE dressing room echoes a lot more when you’ve lost.

Kerry manager Jack O’Connor was cornered in the room next to the warm-up area, but he faced the microphones the same way his players had faced the Tyrone defence.

Head up. Chin out. He was proud of his players, he said, for fighting to the bitter end. As for the details of the post mortem, the causes of defeat were varied but the outcome inarguable.